JPH082346B2 - Life rhythm monitoring device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is intended to detect an accident at an early stage in the case of an elderly person living alone who is unable to call for help because he / she collapses in a house due to an illness or an accident The present invention relates to a life rhythm monitoring device for doing.

[Conventional technology]

The elderly living alone had a problem that when they fell, they did not have any emergency means such as making a phone call or making other notifications, and they could not save their lives. As a means for solving this, the present applicant has previously proposed a monitoring management device (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-56297). This is because there are people in the room,
Moreover, when the living information is not output for a certain period of time or more, the room is determined to be abnormal.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In the above, door opening / closing information, door lock information, smoke information, etc. are used as the living information, and it is possible to target the toilet door as the door opening / closing information.
Since elderly people who live alone use the toilet door open all the time, they cannot obtain the living information within the set time (fixed time) and cannot achieve the purpose.

There are also ultrasonic sensors that perform three-dimensional vigilance, which determines whether or not a person has passed underneath to obtain life information. If you can't get up and get up, there is life information every time the person struggles and moves his / her limbs. Further, even when the person dies and stops moving, there is a problem that the abnormality is not notified unless the time set by the timer elapses from that point.

Further, the method of discriminating the passage of a person by infrared rays has the same problem as that of the ultrasonic sensor described above, and also has the troublesomeness that wiring has to be provided on each of the light transmitting side and the light receiving side.

In each of the above methods, each sensor cannot perform its intended operation unless it is exposed, but many people have paranoia as they get older, and they are monitored from the perspective of protecting privacy. There was a big problem that it was never good to show the condition to the person.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and detects whether or not water in a flush toilet has been flushed as a life rhythm, and determines that life information has been output if water flows within a set time. An object is to provide a life rhythm monitoring device.

[Means for solving the problem]

The life rhythm monitoring apparatus according to the present invention includes an occupancy information detection unit that detects occupancy information of a person, and an audible abnormality signal when the occupancy information detection unit is activated when the occupancy information is generated. And a water use detection unit that detects the use of water in the flush toilet, generates living information, resets the timer unit, and restarts the timer from the beginning of the set time.

In addition, the timer unit can be provided with an automatic changing unit for the set time.

[Action]

In the present invention, when a person changes from being absent to being in the room, the in-room information detecting section detects this and activates the timer section. The timer section generates abnormal information after a preset time, for example, 12 hours has passed, but if the toilet is used and water is drained within 12 hours, the water usage detection section will detect this and display life information. If an abnormal signal is generated, the timer is reset based on this life information, and if an abnormal signal is not generated even if it goes to the toilet again within 12 hours and flushes the water, the abnormal signal is generated when the toilet water is not flushed once within 12 hours. Is generated.

In addition, the set time of the timer section can be automatically changed between the daytime and the night by the automatic changing section so that the nighttime becomes longer, for example, 5 hours in the daytime and 8 hours in the nighttime. By setting it, more reasonable monitoring can be performed.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an in-room information detection unit, which detects whether an inhabitant of the room has unlocked the entrance with an electronic lock to generate in-room information S1 or locks the entrance lock from the outside. It is determined whether the lock is applied from the inside, and if it is from the outside, it is out, and if it is from the inside, it is the occupancy information S1.
58-33348), or depositing the key (going out) to the key post device installed in the entrance lobby when going out, and generating the occupancy information S1 when it is taken out at home, or in some cases the resident or the third The person-in-room information S1 may be generated by turning on the power supply (not shown) of the apparatus by any person. Reference numeral 2 is a timer unit, which is activated by the input of the room presence information S1 from the room presence information detection unit 1. The timer unit 2 has a time setting unit 2A, and if 12 hours are set here, for example, the abnormal signal S2 is generated at the time when 12 hours have elapsed after the occupancy information S1 was input and started. This abnormality signal S2 may be transmitted as it is to a central monitoring room (not shown) by wire or wirelessly, or a buzzer or other alarm may be generated upon receiving the abnormality signal S2. 3 is a water usage detector,
Detecting that the flush toilet is flushed, life information S3 is generated, and this is added to the timer unit 2 and reset. That is, for example, if the set time of the timer unit 2 is 12 hours,
When the life information S3 is added within this time, the timer unit 2 is reset again and started from the beginning of 12 hours. Therefore, if the flush toilet is used once within 12 hours, the abnormal signal S2
Does not come out.

To determine whether or not a flush toilet was used, even if there is a difference between big and small urine, pay attention to the fact that water is always drained after use. And The toilet is usually a quiet place, and other sounds can also be used as life information S3, but if you want to catch only the flow of water, life information S3 can be used only when the same sound continues for 2 to 5 seconds. Can be emitted, and malfunction due to noise can be eliminated.

Paying attention to the fact that when water is flown, the water in the aquarium tank temporarily decreases and then increases, and the internal float moves up and down accordingly. The life information S3 is generated by turning it off.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention, which is provided with an automatic changing unit 4 for the set time of the timer unit 2.
Reference numeral 5 is a time measuring unit, which measures 0 to 24 hours, and determines the time signal S4 output from this by the automatic changing unit 4, and sets the setting time of the timer unit 2 to 5 hours during the daytime from 6:00 to 18:00, for example. , 18: 00 ~
6 o'clock is 8 hours. However, when the set time is changed,
That is, in this example, the set time may be changed immediately at the time of 6 o'clock and 18 o'clock, but after that time,
If the change is made from the time when the first life information S3 is entered, it is possible to prevent an abnormal situation, and to postpone the appearance of the abnormality information S2 sooner.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described in detail above, the present invention provides an occupancy information detection unit for detecting occupancy information of a person, an activation signal when the occupancy information detection unit generates the occupancy information, and an abnormal signal when a set time elapses. As long as a person is alive, it consists of a timer unit that generates the water consumption and a water use detection unit that detects the use of water in the flush toilet, generates living information, resets the timer unit, and restarts from the beginning of the set time. When the toilet water that you will use is not used within the set time, an abnormal signal indicating that your life rhythm has changed is generated, which may lead to false alarms due to uncertain operation as in the past. There is almost no problem, and correct monitoring can be done. In addition, since the sensor can be configured without being exposed, the occupant does not have the feeling of being monitored.

In addition, since the automatic changing unit is provided, there is an advantage that the daytime and the nighttime can be reasonably monitored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an in-room information detecting unit, 2 is a timer unit, 3 is a water use detecting unit, 4 is an automatic changing unit, 5 is a time measuring unit, S1 is in-room information,
S2 is an abnormal signal and S3 is life information.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A occupancy information detecting unit for detecting occupancy information of a person, and a timer unit which is activated when the occupancy information detecting unit generates occupancy information and generates an abnormal signal when a set time has elapsed. A life rhythm monitoring device, comprising: a water use detecting unit that detects the use of water in a flush toilet, generates life information, resets the timer unit, and restarts the timer unit from the beginning of the set time. 2. The life rhythm monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic changing unit for setting a set time of the timer unit in the daytime and the nighttime so that it becomes longer at nighttime. .